Bongkang
NEW SERIES.
THE
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH APRIL, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 41.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGkong goverNMENT GAZETTE”
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
No. 44.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
appointment
SILAS E. BURROWs, Esquire, having been appointed Consul in this Colony for the Republic of New Granada, is authorized to exercise his Consular Functions pending application to Her Majesty.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th April, 1856.
No. 45.
GOVERNMENT "NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The subjoined Returns from the Registrar-General, connected with the Trade and Population of the Colony, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th April, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Classification and Number of HOUSES, SHOPS, &c., in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1855.
EUROPEANS.
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Public Offices, Barracks, Guard Rooms, Police Stations, and other Government Buildings, Churches and Chapels, Mosques, Chinese Temples, &c., Merchants Houses, and First Class Buildings, assessed at and above £100 per annum (occupied,) Shope and Private Dwellings below value of £100 (occupied,) Houses untenanted,
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Total,
VICTORIA. VILLAGES,
TOTAL.
56
14
70
5
2
7
3
10
112
112
183
183
7
7
366
23
389
CHINESE SHOPs, &c. ·
VICTORIA. | VILLAGES, TOTAL.
CHINESE SHOPs, &c.
VICTORIA VILLAGES.
TOTAL
Brought forward,
1,630 558
2,188
Bakers, Bamboo Workers, Barbers,
Bathing Houses,
Bean-curd Sellers,
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11 16
11
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Fishmongers, salt and fresh,
...
55
56
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2
18
Florists,
140
2
5
48
16
61
Foreign Goods and Wares,
59
59
...
5
5
Fortune Tellers,
4
4
12
6
18
Fruiterers,
42
49
...
Bird Sellers,
Blacksmiths,
Boat Builders' Sheds,
Braziers and Coppersmiths,
Brothels,
Butchers and Slaughterers,
Carpenters,
Chandlers,.
Charcoal Dealers,
Caulkers,
Confectioners,
2
2
Firewood Dealers (vide Charcoal,)
...
20
4
24
Gardeners,
3
8
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19
11
30
Glaziers,
4
31
32
Gold and Silversmiths,
23
152
-152
Grass Cutters,
Brokers, General Agents, and Fokien Traders,
36
36
Green Grocers,
28
6.99
:
19
56
-4
60
Grocers and Tea Dealers, ...
114
121
Gunpowder Manufactories,
257
336
Gun Foundries,
14
14
Hat and Cap Makers,
5
5
Joss and Joss-paper Dealers and Carvers,...
15
22
26
Ivory Carvers,
...
..
2
Compradores,
Cow and Bullock Sheds,
Crockery and Porcelain-wares,
Clothiers,
12
13
Labourers,
29
29
27
27
A
3
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Lime Burners and Dealers,
...
11
2
13
3
Masons,
6
10
15
8
23
Mat and Mat-bag Dealers,
10
5
15
Drapers,
Doctors
Dyer,
Dairy Shops,
Druggists,
9
9
Meeting Houses,
1
1
75
75
Money Changers and Shroffs,
20
20
33
33
Opium Shops,
39
41
15
10
25
Oar Dealers,
8
2
2
Old Iron and Rags,
38
Fating Houses,...
13
20
Embroiderers,
2
2
Pawnbrokers,
Families,
600
220
820
Painters' Houses,
Portrait and Landscape Painters,
9
II
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8
8
Farmers,
2
129
131
Pilot Houses,
140
2
2
Fishermen,
2
49
51
Poulterers,
...
...
31
3
31
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Carried forward,.......................... 1,630
558
2,188
Carried forward,
2,100
651
2,751
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